Dischidia diphylla
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Dischidia diphylla was described by Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer
but never validly published since Elmer failed to include Latin
diagnoses or descriptions for the species he described after 1934.
This species is known from the Philippines
on Luzon Island. It is considered to be one of the ant plants and has large imbricate leaves. The flowers are yellow.
Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer
Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer was an American botanist and plant collector.Elmer was born in 1870 in Van Dyne, Wisconsin, United States. He was educated at the Washington Agricultural College, and earned a M.Sc. from Stanford University in 1903. He made extensive plant collections in the Philippines...
but never validly published since Elmer failed to include Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
diagnoses or descriptions for the species he described after 1934.
This species is known from the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
on Luzon Island. It is considered to be one of the ant plants and has large imbricate leaves. The flowers are yellow.
